Pencil-clasp



(No Model.) O. O. BIEDERMAN.

PENCIL CLASP.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES O. BIEDERMAN, OF BRIDGEWU-XTER, NEIV YORK.

PENCIL-CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 44:8,405, dated March 1'7, 1891.

Application filed January 10, 1891- Serial No. 377,338- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES O. Brenna MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgewater, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Pencil-Clasp, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to pencil-clasps; and the object of the same is to provide an improved device of this character, which shall be capable ofattachment to and detachment from a garment, and which shall also be capable of adjustment in size to fit pencils or pens of-various sizes.

To this end theinvention consists of the details of construction hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and as illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings, whereview taken from the inside of the pocket, the

pencil being removed. Fig. 3 is an. enlarged perspective detail of the clasp detached from the pocket. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a difierent manner of attaching this clasp to the pocket.

Referring to the said drawings, the letter V designates a vest-pocket, in which it is desired to insert a pencil in such a manner that it cannot become dislodged. To this pocket is attached my improved clasp, which is constructed as best seen in Fig. 3-that is to say, the clasp is constructed of a single piece of spring-wire bent at its center into a tongue T, extending thence upwardly and curved rearwardly in jaws J, which are bent slightly outward, thence extendin g downwardly at the rear and bent into two other jaws J, which are also slightly bent outward, and thence extending upwardly in the ends E, which stand slightly outside the sides of the tongue T, the extremities of said ends being sharpened, as at S.

This improved clasp is secured to a pocket, preferably in the manner shown in Figs. 1 and 2-that is to say, by passing the sharp points S through the pocket from the inside, moving the clasp upwardly, and then press- Fig. 2 is a perspective ing the clasp downwardly into about the position shown. The pencil or pen P can then be inserted from above by putting one end between the jaws J and pressing it downwardly until it passes between the jaws J to the bottom of the pocket. The resilience of the spring-wire of which the clasp is made will hold the jaws and the vertical members of the clasp tightly against the pencil, and thereby impart sufficient friction thereon to prevent the pencil from falling out the pocket should the wearer stoop over.

In Fig. 4: is shown a slightly different manner of attaching the clasp to the pocket. In this case the device is inverted, so that the jaws J shall be uppermost. The points S are inserted in the cloth, moved downwardly, and then brought outagain, as shown. The device may thus be secured to the inside of the pocket or to the outside of a piece of cloth, as a garment. In use in either case, if the jaws become so weak that they will nothold the pencil, they can be bent inwardly to a slight degree, whereby they will more tightly grasp the pencil; or, if the latter be of smaller size or of larger size than either, the jaws can be adjusted to hold it.

The wire can be painted, nickeled, or otherwise treated to suit the fancy of the wearer. What I claim as new is- The herein-described pencil-clasp, the same consisting of a single piece of spring-wire bent at its center in a tongue, curving to the rear at the upper end of' said tongue in jaws J, which are bent slightly outward, extending thence downwardly into jaws J also bent outwardly and standing about opposite the tip of said tongue, and extending thence upwardly in two vertical arms along the outer sides of the tongue to points about opposite said jaws J, the extremities of said arms be ing sharpened, all substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES O. BIEDERMAN.

Witnesses:

A. W. CLARKE, JAMES H. Howns. m 

